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Gook (/ ˈɡuːk / or / ˈɡʊk /) is a derogatory term for people of East and Southeast Asian descent. [1] Its origin is unclear, but it may have originated among U.S. Marines during the Philippine–American War (1899–1913). [2][3] Historically, U.S. military personnel used the word “to refer to any dark-skinned foreigner, especially a ...
Chinky (or chinky chonky[23]) is a slur for a Chinese takeaway restaurant or Chinese food and Chinese people [24] which, in parts of northern England, are known as a chinkies, always in the plural. [citation needed] The 1969 top 3 UK hit single for Blue Mink, "Melting Pot", has the lyric: "take a pinch of white man/Wrap him up in black skin.
Cracker (term) Cracker, sometimes cracka or white cracker, is a racial slur directed towards white people, [1][2][3] used especially with regard to poor rural whites in the Southern United States. [4] Although commonly a pejorative, it is also used in a neutral context, particularly in reference to a native of Florida or Georgia (see Florida ...
niggardly. In the United States, there have been several controversies involving the misunderstanding of the word niggardly, an adjective meaning "stingy" or "miserly", because of its phonetic similarity to nigger, an ethnic slur used against black people. Although the two words are etymologically unrelated, niggardly is nonetheless often ...
In the English language, nigger is a racial slur directed at black people. Starting in the 1990s, references to nigger have been increasingly replaced by the euphemism "the N-word", notably in cases where nigger is mentioned but not directly used. In an instance of linguistic reappropriation, the term nigger is also used casually and fraternally among African Americans, most commonly in the ...
Depicting African-American children as alligator bait was a common trope in American popular culture in the 19th and 20th centuries. The motif was present in a wide array of media, including newspaper reports, songs, sheet music, and visual art. There is an urban legend claiming that black children or infants were in fact used as bait to lure ...
Hottentot (racial term) "Korah Hottentots preparing to remove" (Samuel Daniell, 1805) Early 19th-century caricature by George Cruikshank showing settlers being attacked by cannibal "Hottentots" [1] Hottentot (British and South African English / ˈhɒtənˌtɒt / HOT-ən-TOT) is a term that was historically used by Europeans to refer to the ...
Niggerhead. Nigger Head Tobacco trading cards from the United States featuring racist stereotype caricatures of African Americans; late 19th century. " Niggerhead " or " nigger head " is a term that has been used in English-speaking countries with things associated with the head of a black person. [1][2] Like the word "nigger", the name is now ...